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Camp Santanoni
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threat: inadequate state commitment and funding for repair
and restoration
Camp Santanoni is an excellent example
of the large, rustic wilderness estates, now known as “Great
Camps,” built during the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries for the urban elite of America’s “Gilded
Age.” Robert C. Pruyn, an Albany banker, began construction
of the camp in 1892, and it eventually consisted of more than three
dozen buildings on 12,900 acres. When New York State acquired the
Santanoni Preserve in 1971, it became part of the Adirondack Forest
Preserve. For more than twenty years the camp remained vacant and
deteriorated. Although the state has since made a commitment to
preserve Camp Santanoni, greater public attention and financial
resources are needed to preserve this landmark. Better investment
could help this landmark become a real asset to the region and
local community.
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